Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Municipal Code. Requires the corporate authorities of a municipality with a population of less than 40,000 to adopt an ordinance staggering the terms of its aldermen or trustees by July 1, 2015. Provides that the staggered terms of aldermen or trustees shall go into effect at the first election after July 1, 2015. Prohibits municipalities from reducing the length of the terms from 4 years to 2 years.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-08 - House Committee Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1401 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Thaddeus Jones [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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